Pipe hanger



Feb. 5, 1946.

PIPE HANGER Filed May 12, 1944 y 2 SheetS-Sheet 1 Mmm J Cttornei;

Feb. 5,1946. G. P. REINTJES 2,394,263

l PIPE HANGER y 'Filed May r12, 1944 f2 sheds-sheet 2 Smaentor Patented Feb. 5, 1946 parte UNITED STATES eeTsNT ortica PIPE HANGER George P. Reintjes, Kansas City, Mo.

Application May 12, 1944, Serial No. 535,320

2 Claims.

This invention relates to pipe hangers and has for one of its objects to produce a multi-piece hanger in which the supporting elements may be pendently suspended and the pipe may be hung after said elements have been positioned.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the elevation of the pipe may be adjusted adjacent the pipe rather than from a remote point.

With the general objects named in view and others as will hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel and useful features of construction and organization of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and lin order that it may be fully understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a hanger embodying the invention with apipe supported thereby.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the structure as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged disassembled view to indicate the position of the parts as being assembled or disassembled.

Figure 4 is a front view of a slightly modified construction in which the two parts of the hanger are swivelled together.

Figure 5 is an enlarged central vertical section through means for adjusting the pipe.

Figure is a section on the line VI-VI of Figure 5.

Figure 7 shows the lower member in section and the upper member in elevation, to better,

illustrate the swivel connection.

In the said drawings, referring to Figures 1 through 3, I is the body portion of a relatively rectangular casting, having a pair of depending flanges 2 at its opposite ends. The underside of the casting is formed with a downwardly opening socket 3, said socket having a central opening to accommodate a bolt Il, the head 5 of said bolt being non-rotatably received within the socket. The upper end of the bolt is secured to any support from which the hanger is to be hung. The outer faces of the flanges 2 are formed with outwardly extending pintles (i, the arrangement being such that a line passing through the axis of the pintles will intersect a line coinciding with the center line of the axis of the suspension bolt 4.

Extending lengthwise of the casting along one of its edges is a reinforcing flange 'I which extends outwardly beyond the ends of the casting to form a pair of stops 8. The stops 8, as will hereinafter appear, cooperate with the second member of the hanger to limit its swinging movement and to prevent upward movement.

After the casting l is in position, a pipe P may be temporarily supported just below said casting, the parts being so proportioned that a U-shaped hanger 9 may be engaged with the casting when presented in an angular relation as shown in Figure 3. The upper ends of the legs of the hanger Q are formed with notches Eil to engage over the pintles 5.' The hanger S has extension stop portions l! so that when the Weight of the pipe rests in the hanger, the latter will swing downwardly to vertical position until the stops li contact the stops 8 of the casting l. It will also be apparent that when the pipe is supported in an inclined position the coacting stops will limit pivotal movement to the proper point for the support of the pipe. To guard against accidental lifting ci the pipe due to bowing or the like, taking the weight olf the hanger 9 t0 such degree that the notches may become detached or disconnected from the pintles, the legs of the hanger 9 are formed with cam surfaces I2 which will come into contact with the undersides of the stops 8 to force the notches into engagement with said pintles 6.

When a swivelled support is desired either to permit a change in the angle of the pipe or to permit of vertical adjustment of the pipe from a point adjacent the hanger, the modified construcftion of Figures 4 through 7 may be employed.

In this construction the pipe hanger comprises three pieces connected in tandem. The center member is a relatively rectangular casting I3Y having a central perforation I4 leading to a downwardly facing circular socket I5. The opposite ends of the casting i3 have downwardly extending flanges I6, the lower outer faces of the flanges having outwardly extending pintles l1, the flanges I6 being braced and strengthened by a pair of cross flanges I8.

The suspension member is in the form of a sleeve I9 having a circular center passageway 29 and being of angular external shape, to receive a wrench or the like, as at 2i. The lower end of the sleeve terminates in a disk 22 rotatively received within the socket l5, by passing the sleeve through a slot 23 in the casting I3.

The upper end of the sleeve I9 terminates in an angular downwardly opening socket 24 to nonrotatably receive a bolt head or a nut 25 threaded on the end of a suspension rod 26. With this construction rotation of the sleeve will eifect corresponding vertical adjustment of the pipe.

From the above description and drawings, Vit will be apparent that I have produced a construction embodying all the features of advantage set forth as desirable; and while I have described and illustrated the preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that I reserve the right to all changes within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A pipe hanger comprising a U-shaped clip having a pair of coplanar notches adjacent its extremities, said notches extending parallel to the axis of a pipe to be supported hy the clip, a hanger for said clip having oppositely projecting pintles adapted for rocking engagement with the clip notches, and stop means on the hanger for limting rocking movement of the parts. 

